Pedestrian the 83rd road victim this year

AN elderly pedestrian, killed in Carlow town on Saturday morning, was the 83rd road death this year.

Since the start of the month, 11 people have lost their lives in road crashes.

Oliver Murray, The Orchard, Tullow Road, Carlow was knocked down by a van at Wall’s Forge on the main Carlow-Wexford Road at about 9.30am.